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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. OAT MSAXi FOR TOCXG CHICKENS. ^ ? 5 HI- ~ 21 ?1 uur experience wim ieeuing uato iu hens is that they are too light to be made a. main part of the feed. The fowls will not eat them at the same time with other grain. But we never saw young chicks grow better than on a diet of oat meal sifted so as to remove most of the hulls, and then mixed till nearly Bolid and dry with sour curd cheese. This combination contains just what is needed to make rapid growth.?Boston Cultivator. BOOTS FOB STOCK. Farmers should at least grow roots enough to make a change of feed for the stock they keep through the winter. Turnips and beets are the best for hogs, and are especially good for breeding bows before and after farrowing. Carrots are excellent for horses. Beets, carrots and parsnips will pay better feci to cows than they will to market. With a well-stocked farm there is a home market for a good supply of roots, and if any are grown for marketing by the bushel the home market may well take the place of any other when the price is low.?New York World. fertilizer for potatoes. The potato has rather a curious composition, as thus, the ash of the tubers contains sixty per cent, of potash, ninteon per cent, of phosphoric acid, and only two and one-fourth per cent, of lime; while the vines have in their ash thirty-nine per cent, of lime, fourteen and one-half per cent, of potash, and six per cent, of phosphoric acid. Consequently, if the lime is applied in excess and potash iu deficiency, there may be a large growth of vines, but few tubers, and this happens at times when leached ashes have been used with this crop. The dominant fertilizer seems to be potash, and the tendency of this is always to increase * 5 1- - ^ J. - 1' 1 A tne tuDers ana maise oat a ugni growth of vine, which is exactly what is wanted. But, as wood ashes have much more lime in them than they havfe of potash, it is not advisable to use this, but to apply some of the special potash sails, as the sulphate, having twenty-five per cent, of potash in it, or the muriate, lwing fifty per cent. The chemical fertilizers are preferable to common manure, as this tends to encourage rotting in the crop. It is also advisable always to spry the vines early in the season with the Rnrde&nx mixtnre. as a preventive of the rot.?New York Times. A STAJTD OP AliFAXiFA. There is much inquiry as to proper methods to be employed in the starting of a stand of alfalfa. In reply to an inquiry along this line from a Nebraska correspondent Professor Charles E. Bessey has written as follows : In the growth of alfalfa it is necessary first of all to take very great pains to fit the soil for the young plants. The ground must be rich and mellow. Unless it has had legumes growing upon it it should be treated to a good quantity of barnyard manure in order to supply the soil with available nitrogen. Then when the alfalfa has obtained a foothold it will thereAfter snnnlv itself with all the nitro gen it needs. Prepare the ground with great care and have it like a garden as to mellowness and freedom from clods. Sow the seed as early as possible in the spring, but do not sow it on another crop, as we generally do with clover. It is well to sow a peck or so of oats per acre with the alfalafa simply to afford a little shade to the young plants. Since the field ought to last many years when once a good stand is secured it will pay to take great pains with it. Do not try to seed too large a field at once, but begin with a few acres bo as to give these the greatest care and add to the area .each year. In this way success is reasonably certain. But do not attempt it without seeing that the soil is rich in nitrogenous matter. Put on barnyard manure freely. IiABGE OB SMALIi COWS. It is just a little difficult to see how Professor Alvord arrives at the conclusion that larger cows than those usually accepted as "about right," are the more profitable, at least it seems difficult to make his conclusions and the figures of the Chicago test, applying weights of cows and results, agree; and if we see clearly, the cows under 1000 pounds weight have a good working advantage, and one entitled to consideration in making up a table of conclusions, writes John Gould. We have a doubt if the result of averages could be kept as high with the larger cows as smaller ones, for we take it, the Professor is declaring that fnnr f.nwa that weich 4500 nnnndfi -ww" " "*o JC f? are better than five cows -weighing 900 pounds each. The Chicago figures hardly warrant this, and we doubt if one dairyman in 100 will consent to the practioe of keeping 1100 and 1200 pound ones, and the matter at last rests on this: What does each individual cow do with her ration ? And then it comes down to this: Will ten small cows consume more and make less than seven other cows that weigh as much as the ten? If the large Jerseys at Chicago are grouped, and the smaller .ones of like number, there is but little difference in the pounds of butter made on the average, but it is suggestive that the largest cow, weighing almost 1100 pounds, consumed 322.31 worth of food to make 117 pounds of butter, while the little cow, weighing 791 pounds, consumed $22 worth of food and made 179 pounds of butter ; and if another pair is taken, the large cow, weighing 1079 pounds, making 199 pounds of butter at a food cost $27.22; and the little cow weighing 776 pounds that made 188 pounds of butter on $23.40 worth of food, we think little cows are still holding their own. This last makes the cost of the butter of the large cow thirteen and one-half cents, and the little cow 12.4 cents; while that of the first mentioned large cow would cost 12.6 cents per pound, which looks as though small cows were the cows for the butter-making farmers. ?Practical Farmer. t.tvt: as a fertilizer. Lime has long been used in Penn sylvania with good effect, also in England and Ireland and other European countries. The reason why it is not used much in New England is perhaps due to the comparative scarcity of limestone in most parts of this section. That it exerts a beneficial action upon peaty lands, and upon lands that have been for a long time cropped and manured. there is abundant evidence in all places where it has been tried. There are many places in New England near our large towns and cities where oyster and clam shells are thrown away in considerable quantities. They are very easily converted into good lime by burning them in a limekiln built of bricks for the purpose, or where there is not enough demand to warrant the building of a kiln for the purpose, the shells may be imperfectly burned in a heap, constructed with alternate layers of shells and firewood, and covered over with a layer of sods to retain the beat, leaving a smoKe hole in tlie middle on top. It is not necessary to nse very good wood for this purpose. A layer about a foot high is first placed on the ground, a large part of which may be branches and brushwood; on this a layer of nearly a foot of slTells, then another layer of wood, and so on until the pile is about five feet high; the sides of the heap should be slanting, so that when the heap settles froin 'the burning of the wood the pile will not fall open. The covering of sods will need to be replenished when the fire burns too hotly. After the wood has burned out and the pile hss cooled down, eo that it may be easily handled, it should be slacked aud M>:\?ad as soon as convenient upou the land; any lumps of unburnei shells that may have escaped the heat of the fire should be picked out and reserved for another pit. We believe that in this way a dressing of lime might be cheaply prepared wherever shells can be had, and the labor would be well repaid in the increased fertility of the soil.- Massachusetts Ploughman. FAKM AND GARDEN' XOTE3. If the henhouse is crowded look out for disease. Let the ducks and geese be full feathered before killing. Cream ripened too soon will not give you all of the butter. The English and Germans are trying moss as a bedding for animals, and claim that in every respect it is superior to straw. To prevent hog cholera give a variety of food, pure water, warm dry bed, clean, wholesome surroundings and vigorous quarantine. A well fed healthy hog takes his food quietly, goes 'to sleep when his appetite is satisfied and converts his food into fat or meat. See to it that the sitting hens have fresh water and plenty of fattening food, and do not neglect the supply of gravel and the dust bath. While in some cases it may be advisable to help ducks out of the shell it will be an exceptional case when * * i I 1 * - 1- -1 J cmcjcens snouici De neipeu. The beauty of the comb produced and the honey-gathering qualities of the bee are more important than a bee -which is pleasing to the eye. When shipping poultry see to it that the coops are large enough to permit the fowls to 6tand up and strong enough to endure rough handling. The man who makes a mistake this year will be the one who neglects to breed his sound, good-sized, courageous mare to a horse fully her equal. Producers who ship honey, ex-' tracted or comb, should endeavor to prevent leakage, which is a loss to all concerned and an injury to the trade. A cow that calves in September will give milk all the winter, when butter is most valuable, and be dry in July and August, when butter is cheapest. Saving a horse's strength without reducing service is a great art. Trotting through sandy or muddy places and on rising ground exhausts a horse rapidly. Drive slow through such pitfalls. "When the bees are building comb or raising brood they must have water, which should be placed in shallow troughs with floats, that they may not drown. If located near a small body of water, that will be suffioient. Bees never make an attack while in quest of honey or on their return until they have entered the hive, says a writer. It is only in the hives and in the vicinity that we may expect them to manifest this irascible disposition. Do not cease planting peas, but -as soon as the first early plants are above, grow plants for the second crop, and follow with others. Peas can be had in abundance through the season with but little labor compared with their value on the farmer's table. It is useless to grow onions, no matter how rich the soil may be. if the rows are not kept perfectly clean. Weeds and grass will destroy as onion bed in short order as onions prefer the land undisturbed by other plants, hence the ground must be kept close and fine. Every time a bee hatches, it leaves a very thin lining in the cell. There will be several of these in a season, as it only takes twenty-one days for a young bee to emerge from its cell, and in a few years there will be quite a number of these thin linings, so that the cells gradually get smaller. When planting corn it should be the object to secure not only the same yield per acre as last year, but something more. It will cost no more to get an extra ten bushels per acre than iV will the regular crop, if judgment is i given the cultivation of the land. Grass and weeds are the agents which reduce the yield. It is said that the sight of the bees is affected by both a dazzling and a 1 dim light. A glaring light on the snow dazzles them, while it is stated 1 that if they are thrown a short distance from their hives in the dusk, the effect is nearly the same. They will | circle about and fall without being ' able to find their homes, i > Several of the electric launches 1 from the Chicago Fair are in operation on the Boston Park lake. A Coronation Chair. Who can determine which is the throne of Great Britain? Is it the , stone coronation chair of King Edward the Confessor, in which every sovereign who has reigned over Eng- I land during tho last thousand years has been crowned? Is it the gorgeone < chair of 6tate which occupies the rton+fa nf tVm f7nin in f.hfl HVyilSe of i Lords, or that queer kind of musicstool arrangement on which the j Queen half sits, half leans, when she , presides at the Drawingrooms held at Buckingham Palace? Or is it, perhaps, the gilt armchair on which she ' takes her place when she accords 1 audience to foreign envoys at Windsor for the purpose of receiving either ) their letters of credence or recall? < Not one of these seats can claim the exclusive right to describe itself as j the throne of England, though were ] they forced to choose, most people would be inclined to accord the title to the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey. And yet it is only * used once in a lifetime by each of the English sovereigns, namely, on the ' day when they are invested with the ' crown by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, in the presence of the 1 Peers, of the Parliament and of the \ great officers of the realm. There is only one sovereign in English history . who has sat twice in that seat, and ] io Anoon "UinfArio nfi LUUt xo f AVKVAAM) fMV wvww ?- ? ? casion having been the jubilee anniversary of her accession. The chair 3 COBONATION CHAIR OF ENGLAND'S KINGS. is familiar to every American who has visited Westminster Abbey, and the venerable relic is, to my mind, infinitely more imposing and impressive in its simple grandeur than the somewhat gaudy chair of state in the House of Lords, surmounted by its highly decorative canopy, which is panelled in the most intricate and rococo man* ner with roses, shamrocks, thistles, lions passants, unicorns and, in fact, all the heraldic emblems of Great Britain and Ireland. This chair itself is made of wood, gold, ivory and silver. The royal coat of arms is carved and gilded on the back, while the arms of the chair are serpentine creations terminating in a pair of lion's maws. Some idea of its intrinsic value may be gained when it is stated that the cloth of gold with which it is upholstered cost in the neighborhood of $5000.?New York Tribune. Mlccuc' Wiikt. This handsome design has the full waist and sleeve puffs of pink crepon, the ripple skirt, bretelles, belt, collar and lower sleeve portions being of pink and black changeable brocade, trimmed on the loose edges with black guipure insertion over pink satin ribbon. It is also suitable for pretty ' & ^ cotton wash fabrics, batiste, chambrav, lawn, etc., tneruraes oeiug eugeu. wnu narrow embroidery or lace. Girls aud Boys Compared. Dr. J. A. Gilbert, of the Yale psychological laboratory, has been conducting a series of very interesting experiments touching the mental and physical development of the pupils of the New Haven public schools. Many of his tests are entirely new, and important results have been reached. The tests were made on 1200 boys and girls, aged from six to seventeen. The professor has embodied the results of his experiments in a number of charts, which 6how that boys are more sensitive to weight discrimination, that girls can tell the difference in color shades better than boys, and that bovs think quicker than girls. Altogether the charts show that boys are more succeptiole to suggestions than girls. The charts show also that both boys and girls between the ages of twelve and fourteen years are not so bright, quick or strong in proportion, nor do they develop as fa3t as they do before an 1 after those years. The object of the test is to enable teachers to better understand the mental requirements of the pupils.? Detroit Free Press. Inspecting Horse Meat. In France and Germany there are many shops where horse meat alone is sold. In these countries when ahorse is injured it is sold to those making a business of slaughteiing them. All animals are inspected by Government officials before killing, so there is littlo danger of any diseased meat being sold. ?American Farmer. A spider web is constructed according to the best mathematical principles. WORDS OF WISDOM. A little woman goes a long war. si lie CVCll UUUOOiUUWUJ IIUU 1B1. It is good to love when you are poung, to be loved when you are old. We pity a man "who goes to the Jogs," without a thought for the dogs. Absolute contentment is absolute rest, and absolute rest is annihilation. Marriage is like a cold bath. The longer you will look at it the less you will like it. When people recklessly impair their awn credit thev must expect their cash to grow scarce. A. man with one bad habit always aas two?one habit itself and the habit 3f lying about it. Every day a man submits to soma injustice, which he vowed yesterday le would not stand. What has becfome of the old fashioned woman who set the bread before joing to bed at night? The milk of human kindness isn't ft jit improved by diluting it with the ;ears of sentimental pity. Whenever vou find a man who savs ihat honesty does not pay it is a sign ;hat he has never tried it. It is with charity as it is with money ?the more we stand in need of it, the [ess we have to give away. Never offend little people. The great ;an afford to forget. The small cannot even affect to forgive. Humanity to animals is a duty reposing on the same foundations as the claims of man to humanity. If people would only stop talking where they stop knowing, half the svils of life would come to an end. Don't depend too much on popular sympathy. There are more tears in a pealed onion than in a public calamity The Cat and the Canary. A ladv who owned a larere and hand some cat, received from a friend a present of a canary, a beautiful singer. The canary's cage hung in her bedroom, and, when the cat was not there, the cage was opened, and the canary allowed to fly about the room as it pleased. One day when the cage waB open, the cat somehow got into the room without being noticed, and when the mistress came in she was surprised to find the cat and the bird the best of friends. The canary was riding about the room on the cat's head and looking very dignified, and the cat was nurrinc with delight. Af ter this they often passed hours together. One day in the middle of their play, the cat seized the canaay in her teeth, jumped upon the bed with it, and looked as if she were going to eat it. Her mistress thought the bird was certainly lost. But when the cat stayed there for some time with the bird in her mouth, making no attempt to kill it, she wondered what it could mean; looking round, she saw there was a strange cat in the room. How it had come there no one knew. But this explained why puss had caught hold of lier friend the canary. It was to protect it. When the -l j_; .L. strange cat was unveu uut, sua ici ms canary go, and they played together happily once more.?Home and Farm. largest Lighthouse in the World. The distinction of owning the most powerful flash light and the largest lighthouse in tha world belongs to France. This monster light has been set up at Cap de la Heve, near Havre, in the centre of the most dangerous section of the French coast. For the past year the French Lighthouse Board has been making some curiou3 experiments at the Cap de la Heve tower. First they used oil lamps with fixed lenticular apparatus which . ? ? ? - A AAA 11 1 1 J yielded iy,uuu canaie power ana. couiu be seen 49J miles. The next trial was that of the fixed lenticular in connection with powerful eleotric arc lamps, the light in this case being equal to 24,000 candle power, and capable of being seen fifty-seven miles. The next trial wa3 that of electric arc and flashing machinery yielding 24,000,000 (twenty-four million) candle power, and which could be seen no less than 130 miles on a clear night. The light now in use at this Titan of the lighthouse has power equal to 40,000,000 candles, and its reflection can be seen 243 miles.?St. Louis Republic. He Could Throw Some. "Several years ago," remarked Oliver L. Westbrook, of New Haven, Conn., "I knew a man who lived on the outskirts of my town who could throw a stone with more accuracy of. aim than is displayed by most sportsmen with a rifle. The man was a perfect giant physically. He was a good deal of a hunter, using stones as his only weapon to bring down the game. He had a large leather pouch attached to one side of his coat, in which he always carried a good supply of carefully selected missiles. With these he bagged every year no small quantity of game, such as quail, rabbits and squirrels. He could kill a bird ua the wing or a rabbit at full speed almost as easily as at rest. One of his favorite methods for displaying his skill was to set up a scythe-blade with the edge toward him at a distance of about 100 feet, and by throwing potatoes against the edge cut them in half. He could almost exactly halve two out of every three potatoes he threw."?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A "Pig" Smasher. A hydraulic "pig" breaker has been patented by E. P. Martin, General Manager of the Dowlais Iron Works, in conjunction with Mr. James, of the Dowlais-Cardiff Works. Fifty years ago the "litters" were broken into fragments after the cooling had been completed by a process that was exceedingly laborious. Two strong men were selected for the purpose, and by great exertion would lift a double-handled sledge and bring it to bear upon the iron. But this new hydraulic process seems to render the breaking a comparatively very simple matter. A crane lifts thirty "pigs" at a time, carries them to the breaker, where they are duly pounded by the dydraulic ram, and a wagon underneath it sent away expeditiously full of fragments. Three half-pence per ton is the estimated cost of breakage by this method.? London Inventor. The Sionx Dinner Pot. "There is a very peculiar custon among the Sionx Indians," said Eman uel French, of Bismarck, N. D. "The Indians take kindly to European cook ing utensils and aids to comfort, anc it is quite common for an exploring 01 picnic party to trade off kettles, fry ing pans and the like for skins or cuii osities. A cooking utensil thus ac quired becomes practically the com mon property of the tribe, on th< general understanding, however, tha whoever borrows it shall pay for iti i 11QA hv loorinnr in i'f o nnrfinn nf food cooked. As the Indians seldon waste any time in washing or cleaning eating or cooking vessels, this prac tice has some conveniences from ? red man's point of view, and oftei a saucepan is returned with quite ? large quantity of meat or potatoei clinging to the bottom, and perhapi covering up some of the remains of 1 preceding and entirely different preparation. "It is not long since that an exploring party I was out with lost its kettle, which had evidently jolted out o the wagon on the bad road. Afte: considerable hesitation, one was borrowed from a friendly squaw, and after the water had been boiled in i Xl t . A* *t ?1 1 "? 1 mree or iour umes, ana ic naa Deei well scoured out with sand, it an ewered its purpose admirably. Whei we were through with the kettle, we thoroughly cleaned it agair and returned it, and it was not unti an Indian guide explained the custom that we understood the look of su preme contempt which came over thi red lady's face when, on looking int< the inside of the kettle, she saw tha it contained no relic whatever of ou evening feast."?St. Louis Globe Democrat. Enormous GroiTth of an Industry. Few persons realize the enormou increase of our wool product, whicl has resulted from proper breedinf and good management. In 1810 th< number of sheep in the United State amounted to 10,000,000, and 13,000, 000 pounds of wool were produced In 1892 our wool product was 244, 000,000 pounds, while the number o sheep had only increased to 44,358, 865. The average weight of fleece ha( risen from 1.9 pound in 1840 to 5.1 pound in 1891. The efforts to improve the weigh and quality of the fleece have no been confined to the United States In 1891 the number of sheep an< lambs in Great Britain was returned a 28,732,558, and in 1893 at 27,280,334 The wool clip in 1890 was placed a 138,000,000 pounds, and in 1892 a 153,000,000. "While wool is cheaper now tha: evef before, it is also more largel; used, so that the increased productio: is not so disproportioned as it wouli at first appear. In 1860 the world* product of wool was 955,000,001 .i? i OOA :A i eofl nnn nni pUUUUB, 1U inou II, was l,UiU,UUV/,W pounds, and in 1889 it was 1,950,000, 000 pounds. Europe is decreasing it wool production. North America in creased from 110,000,000 pounds i] 1860 to 630,000,000 pounds in 1889 The largest increases were in Aug tralia, from 60.000,000 pounds ii 1860 to 450,000,000 in 1889; Ri Plata from 43,000,000 in 1860 t 360,000,000 in 1889. -These statistic are interesting, for they show wha competition American wool-grower have to meet. ?New York World. A Diminutive Breed of Cattle. The Dexter Kerry is a diminutiv treed of cattle, but they are very we] in their way, and not merely toys, j cow standing thirty-nine inches hig and owned by the Earl of Roseberr j gave sixteen quarts of milk in one day i which yielded fifteen per cent, c cream. For one month she gave fiftee quarts of milk per day. For city am village residents who wish to keep cow the Dexter Kerry has much t commend it.?American Farmer. Unknown Dead in a Great City, Albert H. White, keeper of th morgue in New York City, testified i a murder trial the other day that 140, 000 bodies have passed through hi hands since he has been the keepei He added that he knew many ease where mistakes had been made as t identity of dead bodies, and cited th I case of a woman who claimed a bod as that of her husband and had th body buried in Calvary Cemetery. Scientific American. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y. The play of color in tho opal is due t minuto Assures in the stone. A. M. Priest, Druggist. Shelbyville, Ind says: " Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best c satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonial as it cures every one who takes it." Druggisl Bell it, 75c. A Bcnnlilul Souvenir Spoon Will be sent with every hottle of Or. Hoxst?' Certain Croup Cure. Ordered by mail, post paid, 50 cts. Address. Hossie. Buffalo, N. Y. Shiloli's Cure Is sold on a guarantee. 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In New Zealand and Australio tliey , have an animal which, from all act counts, cannot be equaled by any 1 other animate or inanimate object upon the earth's surface. It is the x queerest of the many antipodean won, ders and paradoxes, and, for the want i of a better name, has been called the 1 "bullruBh caterpillar" or "vegetable i worm." The native Tasmanian name for the oddity is "Aweto-Hotete." 9 The above ground portion of this veg3 etable worm is a fungus of the order t sphaeria, which grows to a height oi r 6ix or eight inches. When pulled up * by the root, this fungas is found to consist of a large caterpillar, showing head, segments and breathing holes? every detail of the grub being pera fectly preserved. On examination oi h the interior of the caterpillar it is 5 found to be composed of a "punky" a looking substance, really the root ol s the fungus, which has cremated every - fiber of what was once a living, breath. ing creature's anatomy. In all the in stances which Buckland records, the f sphaeria had made its attack in the - fold of skin between the second anc 1 third segments of the caterpillar and 5 had replaced all the animal substance of the creature's body with a hare t brown vegetable growth resembling t the fungoid growths on blackberry ' and other vines.?St. Louis Republic I ? t Yirtues ot Salt. * Common salt is one of the mosi ' I valuable remedial agents the worlc * contains. Used as a tooth powder, alone or with a little prepared chalk, 1 it whitens the teeth and makes th< 7 gums hard and rosy. It is a good gar !j gle for sore throat, and if taken ir * time will benefit, if not cure diphther ? ia. It will stop bleeding of the ? mouth, and in warm water is a gooc ^ emetic and remedy against several " poisons. There is nothing better foi s sore feet and hands than salt anc " water, and for ordinary sore eyes, a though a painful operation, will ofter ' effect a complete cure.?Indianapoli News. a i o * Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment wher rightly used. The many, who live bete ter than others and enjoy life more, witl _ less expenditure, by more promptlj adapting the world's best products tc the needs of physical being, will attesl 18 the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the 13 remedy, Syrup of Figs. o Its excellence is due to its presenting e in the form most acceptable and pleasy ant to the taste, the refreshing and trulj e beneficial properties of a perfect laxative ; effectually cleansing the system - 11 i? j e dispelling corns, neauauueo aim ic??i ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions anc met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak o eniEg them and it is perfectly free fronc every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug ii gist3 in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man [jj ufactured by the California Fig Syruf Co. only, whose name is printed on everj package, also the name, Syrup of Figs j and being well informed,"you will no! t- accept any substitute if oflered. i IMP # THE TOURIS | WHAT 7\ I ls i'CIR, i, Send (or our Spcclnl Hnrxnin 1.1st We have got jiiHt what you want. CA'l'A LOG I, ES PKtE TO HIGH GRADE BICYCLE FOR $43.75?" are clositu ouc a: the above low price. A rare i gain. They arj full size Kcnts' wheels. ball be guarantea express oharges, an l wo will ship C. ueiired. Apply to our agents or direot to in. OUR SPORTING GOOD Senl ten cents (the actual cost of mailing) li UrcJ page catalogue, containing ail kinds of Sp< JOHN P. LOY 3 31 Broad St. and 147 Was 1 "THE CLEANER > 'TIS." WHAT IS : SAP' iuld not eat cake, hot A and pastry because J ; found that by rais- j yal Baking Powder ji eat them with per- J }owder is composed f cream of tartar and k la, and is an actual X >epsia. I y 0., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. JL The Virot Bow. The Virot bow, either made of wide ribbon or bias silk, is always placed against the back of the hat, with the jet or rhine stone buckle that confines it resting its edge on the hair. It requires an almost inimitable deftness r and surety of touch to make this Frenchy little bow. The fashionable ribbon is watered. It requires about a yard to make a stylish Virot bow. The ends of the ribbon should be sewed together into four loops, two on either side; the upper ones should be ! a trifle longer than the lower ones. To i tie these together the loops are held firmly in the fingers and the left ones : are turned over the right ones, forming a knot in the center, which is either fastened with a buckle or with. ( : ornamental stick pins. A frontal i bunch of flowers or a low buckle of ' rhine stones is usually so placed in i front of the hat as to preserve the ar tistio balance when the Virot bo\r spreads its silken sails at the back. By the way, this pointed efiect of the loops i is acquired by drawing the lower edge i of each loop tighter than the npper. ? I New York Advertiser. i A WOMEN WHO SUFFER I pain each month, can find relief . and cur* in Dr. Pierce'a &TWy,m\\\u Favorite Prescription, wft ;{>/RemU' It regulatesand restore? 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